Can i please have 10 percent of your money

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 07:54

Checked the back of packet of cheese,and was astounded to see next to the weight (+/- 10%)and this was on a popular brand,and if anyone posts that i might get an extra 10% on my slice of cheese,then i would like a pint of whatever they are drinking.

The packaging also leaves a lot to be desired,no info at all,Union flag varies on nearly all packs,might just take a pack back to the UK and send it to the brand distributor for their comments

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 08:11

Does the weight mentioned include the syphon tube?

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 10:02

you really should be called Richard Skull

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 10:14

I have a packet and it says +/- 25 gr about 9% took it out of the packet and it weighs 305 gr which is 5 gram more.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 11:44

Don't forget that with escalating food/commodity prices world-wide many UK food manufacturers are reducing packet content, rather than jacking up the price e.g. Cadbury's have knocked off 2 squares from their standard block of dairy milk chocolate.

Geoff

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 14:12

Congratulations Pugwash, you are a winner,any more winners out there

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 14:40

Don't forget Michael Winner. Maybe the couple who swiped the cheese were cheesed

of that their cheese was always minus.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 14:53

packaged food is batch sampled and the average weight of the batch must conform to the label weight, however an individual item is allowed to vary within a range. Manufacturers tend to err on the side of caution rather than have a batch rejected by Trading Standards

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 22:29

Trading standards yeah of course

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
18/02/2011 22:40

Did you weigh your packet of cheese swyflot?

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
19/02/2011 09:01

Fair point,no i did not as i did not buy any.

Can`t understand the massive plus or minus bit,as the UK branded cheese had on the same label as the local stuff.

My kitchen scales are calibrated to within plus/minus 1% SO CAN`T UNDERSTAND WHY COMMERCIAL SCALES ARE SO FAR OUT

Incidentally i have a full set of certified calibrated weights up to 25kg ,so i could check the five points of any scale platform

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
19/02/2011 09:31

Yenibob. Syphon Tube ? What a gas! I hope you are not snorting stuff other than cheese ? I can understand that the food industry wishes to contain cost by often continuing to use the same size packaging when the contents are reduced but is this not a convenient way to increase or retain their profit margins with less chance of the public being aware ? There is no hesitation marking existing containers with for example "10% extra free" so perhaps when contents are reduced for the same price they should be obligated to mark the containers "10% less for the same price" !